The talking earth
By: Jean Craighead George
Edition: 1st Harper trophy ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780064402125
Copyright date: 1983
Subjects: Ecology; Seminole Indians; Indians of North America; Juvenile fiction; Mikasuki Indians; Fiction
Description: Billie Wind ventures out alone into the Florida Everglades to test the legends of her Indian ancestors and learns the importance of listening to the earth's vital messages.  A Seminole girl is forced to spends three months and survive alone in the Everglades. "Billie Wind lives with her Seminole tribe. She follows their customs, but the dangers of pollution and nuclear war she's learned about in school seem much more real to her. How can she believe the Seminole legends about talking animals and earth spirits? She wants answers, not legends. "You are a doubter,"say the men of the Seminole Council and so Billie goes out into the Everglades alone, to stay until she can believe. In the wilderness, she discovers that she must listen to the land and animals in order to survive. With an otter, a panther cub, and a turtle as companions and guides, she begins to understand that the world of her people can give her the answers she seeks.
Notes: "A Harper trophy book."